Teshuvah תְּשׁוּבָה

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Teshuvah (Hebrew תְּשׁוּבָה, Strong's H8666) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “turn”. It occurs 8 times in 8 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) a recurrence, an answer, return
1a) return
1a1) completion of a year, return of a year
1b) at the return (construct)
1c) answer, reply

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	return (3), expired (3), answers (2)
BSB	spring (5), he would return (1), your answers (1), answering (1)

Every verse with Teshuvah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Samuel 7:17
And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the Lord.Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.

2 Samuel 11:1
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.

1 Kings 20:22
And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you.”
1 Kings 20:26
And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben–hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.In the spring, Ben-hadad mobilized the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.

1 Chronicles 20:1
And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.

2 Chronicles 36:10
And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Job 21:34
How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”
Job 34:36
My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).